Originally Posted by
OldnGrounded
Indeed. From the Wayback Machine, some illuminating reading about the Vincennes and the lead-up to the Iranair 655 shoot-down:
Interesting that they were 18 miles - 20 miles away from the USS Vincennes when it originally decided to launch its missiles at the Iranian civilian aircraft broadcasting it was civilian.
Do US drones identify themselves via transponder? Presumably the US drone didn't respond to any messages to veer away from Iranian air space?? /s
